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Clayton Library
5300 Caroline
Houston, TX 77004-6896
832-393-2600
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(Closed on City of Houston Holidays.)
Monday: 9am-5pm
Tuesday - Thursday: 9am-9pm
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February 13, 2010 CLF General Meeting Jungman Library
The February 13 meeting of Clayton Library Friends will be held at Jungman Library, 5830 Westheimer, due to work being done on the slab at the Carriage House at Clayton Library. The speaker will be David Appleton whose subject will be The Heralds Visitations, an often overlooked genealogical resource.
Registration will start at 10:15, with the meeting at 10:30, followed by the program.
DICK EASTMAN SEMINAR, SATURDAY, MARCH 27, 2010!
Clayton Library Friends welcomes Dick Eastman, founder and publisher of Eastman Online Genealogy Newsletter (EOGN) for an all-day seminar on Saturday, March 27, 2010, at St. Luke's United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall, 3471 Westheimer in Houston. Registration Form is now available. Registration at 9:30, with seminar from 10:00-3:00.
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CLAYTON LIBRARY IS NOW AN AFFILIATE OF LDS LIBRARY IN SALT LAKE!
Clayton Library is now a partner of the Family History Library (FHL) of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) in Salt Lake City. Clayton Library users now have the opportunity to order microfilm and other materials directly from the Family History Library and view them on-site at Clayton Library
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CLF MEMBER SECTION
Find "Member Login" in the upper right hand portion of this page. Every member has a Username and Password enabling you to see articles of interest to researchers. Also found here is the current newsletter, "From Trevia's [Trevia Wooster Beverly] Notebook" and the January New Books and Microfilm.
2009 CONFEDERATE PENSION APPLICATION PURCHASES
Six more states have been added to the Confederate Pension Application holdings at Clayton Library, Virginia, Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina Tennessee and Florida.
Prior to this year, CLF purchased the Confederate applications from Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia and Oklahoma. Alabama Department of Archives and History has a card index found at http://www.archives.state.al.us/civilwar/index.cfm which seems to be an index to the Alabama rolls. There is also a collection from Missouri entitled “Applications for Confederate Home and Pensions” which contain original applications.
FOR HISTORICAL RENOVATION OF CLAYTON HOUSE
Clayton Library Friends is honored to announce that our recent renovation project of the Clayton Library complex, was awarded the Houston Business Journal’s prestigious Landmark Award 2009 for Historical Renovation. The award was accepted by Charlie Gardes, Project Manager on behalf of the Clayton Library Friends. Over 600 local commercial real estate representatives were in attendance at the ceremony, which was held at the InterContinental Hotel on April 8th. Clayton Library was also nominated for an award for efforts in Public/Private Partnership.
CLF MEMBERSHIP YEAR
At the General Membership Meeting on 14 February 2009 the CLF Board of Directors asked the members to vote on a bylaw change.
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CLAYTON FAMILY HONORED BY GREATER HOUSTON PRESERVATION ALLIANCE
The Clayton family is being recognized for its long history of exceptional public service and contributions to the local, national and international communities. The award specifically recognizes the family’s support of the comprehensive renovation of the Clayton Library Center for Genealogical Research.
A GIFT FROM EMILY CROOM!
Emily Croom has written an e-Book Genealogists’ Guide to Documentation and Citing Sources that is available to the genealogy community for FREE for the time being, to read, download, and/or print. The book is copyrighted and is intended for personal use only.
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CLAYTON TOWN CRIER SUBSCRIPTION
Susan Kaufman, Manager, Clayton Library Center for Genealogical Research Announces an Exciting New Email Newsletter Brought to Your Inbox
The Houston Public Library (HPL) and the Clayton Library Center for Genealogical Research announce the introduction of HPL's newest email newsletter, Clayton Town Crier. The staff at the Clayton Library offers this newsletter to broaden readers' knowledge of the exciting genealogy research resources available at Clayton. The timely and easily readable information is delivered quarterly to friends, genealogical society members, the genealogical community or anyone interested!
You are invited to receive a free subscription at: http://www.houstonlibrary.org/nextreads. [Click on the word Genealogy to read the current Clayton Town Crier]
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